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Re: [GLOBAL-V6]IPv6 Allocation Policy



On Fri, 23 May 2003, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> I think we're drifting away from the question of what the policy should
> say. 

Indeed, but we're trying to understand the reasons why policy should be 
written the way it is.

> The point, I think, was to ease the wording to allow for
> giving /32s in any case where common sense would allow it.

Which may not actually help that much .. unless it's typically allowed to
use the routing system for traffic engineering etc. purposes.

... which might take us back to the swamp we have today ...

It doesn't come as a surprise to me that precise Internet-wide traffic
engineering is one of the biggest practical problems here when discussing 
extending the /32 to some end-sites..

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Pekka Savola                 "You each name yourselves king, yet the
Netcore Oy                    kingdom bleeds."
Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings